Missile Defense News

March 1, 2018

MDA unveils new, billion-dollar radar program to shore up Pacific sensor network

Inside Defense: The Missile Defense Agency is proposing what is effectively a new, billion-dollar radar program beginning in fiscal year

March 1, 2018

Israeli invention provides aircraft missile defense

Israel National News: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) introduced a new electronic warfare system designed for aircraft self-defense, the ELL-8270. The

February 28, 2018

North Korea sent banned chemical, missile items and technicians to Syria, U.N. experts say

Japan Times: UNITED NATIONS – North Korea sent items used in ballistic missile and chemical weapons programs to Syria along

February 28, 2018

Russia’s Lavrov says the US is training Europe to use nuclear weapons against it

CNBC: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the U.S. was still deploying “strategic arms” in Europe and was

February 28, 2018

Key U.S. lawmakers want to boost Israel’s $38 billion defense aid package

Reuters: Senators Lindsey Graham, a leading Republican foreign policy voice, and Chris Coons, a Democratic member of the Senate Foreign

February 28, 2018

Pentagon nears decision on Fort Drum as East Coast missile defense site

Syracuse: WASHINGTON — Members of Upstate New York’s congressional delegation are making a last-minute pitch to the Pentagon, asking military

February 28, 2018

Hawaii suspends missile siren tests after mistaken alert

New York Post: HONOLULU — Hawaii authorities won’t sounds sirens warning of a nuclear missile attack during a monthly test

February 27, 2018

Ohio base could become America’s first defense against incoming missiles

The Columbus Dispatch: WASHINGTON — If Ohio’s congressional delegation has its way, one of the nation’s first lines of defense

February 27, 2018

East Coast nuclear defense site could be in Ohio

Dayton Daily News: WASHINGTON – Nuclear missiles headed for the United States could be shot down from Ohio if the

February 27, 2018

Missile tests help USN validate, accredit Aegis combat system test bed

Jane’s 360: The US Navy (USN) is using missile tests to help prove out a combat system test bed (CSTB)

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